How would identify a female player guy/girl?

[Songi]

I'm a male and I prefer to play female characters as well. Usually they have superior customization options (my opinion) and while it does get old, I've been asked by a lot of players if I'm a girl or guy. I always answer it honestly because I'd rather not run the risk of being stalked or bothered by random players on a regular basis. In the end I agree with a lot of posters here, it doesn't really matter what gender you play as. There's a lot more pressing matters in game to worry about than trying to figure out the person behind the character.

[Millerna]

Jumps around a lot in game - Yes
Wears provocative glamour/gear - Yes
Is crude/lewd with talking with FC mates - Yes
Doesn't make sandwiches - Yes

I'm a boy~! *looks at boobs* Somethings wrong here... XD

but being serious - does it really matter? We are all gamers enjoying a game, who cares what sex is behind the character.

Hey, men can have boobs too

[Uielyave]

To whoever said it's "Rare for females to play male characters", you'd be veeerrry wrong. MANY females play male characters, either for RP reasons, or to keep "hidden" from weirdos that want to hit on them. I no longer play female characters because I don't want that kind fo attention, and MOST of the male characters i know in my Free Company and Linkshells are actually women irl. We also have a large number of men who play female characters.

[Teryaani]

I read an entire study on this once, main detail that stuck in my head that actually has helped me spot guy/girl many times, Is that male tend to jump around alot when there moving/bored, were female players dont.

Heard about that one as well. My (RL) wife will periodically have her character jump around while saying (out loud, not in game) "I'm a guy! I'm a guy! I'm a guy!" Our previous FC leader (woman in RL) played a male character and would hop around more than I do. So that study may not be a great indicator either.

I remember someone generally saying that that if you see a female character in revealing clothing its a guy. Whereas a female character that's fully clothed might be female irl

My characters tend to be in far less revealing clothing than my wife's do. As one lodestoner (Hi Vheo!) put it: "VIVA LA SKIMP!" It depends on the personality of the player, not their gender.

[Amenian]

Hey, men can have boobs too

Especially gamer men!

[KaiKatzchen]

Hey, men can have boobs too

LOL this is true... but if they were as big as mine they might wanna go see a doctor or something. heehee! lol but seriously my FC mates are always teasing me and telling me to 'put on clothes' XD

[Millerna]

LOL this is true... but if they were as big as mine they might wanna go see a doctor or something. heehee!

Picture or it didn......... No, I'm not going there

[Ashkendor]

I wasn't even gonna reply to this horrid thread, but I just want to say, if we had more people like you two running about and being friends with the people of the world, would be such a better place to hang out in. This is the ideals needed, who cares! We're all people, humans, and living beings. That is the only thing that should ever matter.

Tank cat has tin can hugs for everyone. <3

So female gamers that I personally know tend to be a 50-50 split, not 50% of all female gamers play men. You didn't correct anything. You just threw your ego around.

This game seems to have a really high percentage of females that play male characters, at least in my personal experience. I think it's because this game offers a lot of "bishie" male options instead of the usual MMO fare. I know when I was a male character, I gave him kind of a young, pretty face. That's not to say that I myself won't play a more muscular male (in fact, I'm planning on being a male Au Ra) but many women (again, in my personal experience) seem to be put off by it and would much rather play a male that's not a hulking pile of testosterone.

[FallenArisen0990]

It honestly depends how someone presents themselves. Some are obvious and some are not. Honestly it's best just to assume everyone is a male. 5% of the time you will be wrong lol. Some people take this a bit too seriously. Real life and video games don't mix very well. Who cares what you are irl. Have fun and make friends.

[Animarelic]

It's funny how we're all Gamers and get a negative stigma from Non-gamers yet we feel the need to segregate ourselves further by dividing each other into a stupid category such as who plays a gender they aren't in rl. What's going to come next "How to tell who is a human NOT playing a human in a fantasy race based mmo ?"